| Bodhesatva said: For the moment, at least, I'm definitely with you. PC Gaming is so far ahead of console gaming in online connectivity that I don't really have much interest in buying a system and taking a step back. I view Wii online as distinct, and Xbox Live and PSN as mediocre PCs. |
So let me get this straight, the Wii offers a distinct online experience compared to the PC while the 360 and PS3 online offerings are mediocre. So I'm to believe that news, weather, and voting can't be done on a PC connected to the internet while the 360's online features are inferior to the PC? Ok I'm curious, can you tell me what PC games I've played and how far I got in them? No? What about look and see what game a friend is playing right now or how far he is in it? No? What about a reputation system where other people vote on players? No? How about gaming zones where players are divided into recreation, pro, family, or underground so that they play people with a similar mindset? No? What about a gaming friends list? So yeah the Wii offers a unique online experience and isn't inferior to the PC but the 360 and PS3 are inferior/mediocre? Whatever.
On another subject I find it kinda funny that many Nintendo fans bash the 360 and PS3 for offering things like DVD movie playback or offering online movie/tv show downloads, because after all gaming consoles are supposed to be all about gaming, yet I don't see too many Nintendo fans in here bashing Nintendo for offering things like News channel and a Weather channel that have exactly what to do with gaming? I mean we have dvd players to play movies, and television channels, newspapers, magazines, internet, to give us the news so why praise Nintendo for doing something that has nothing to do with gaming and bash Microsoft and Sony for doing the same? Oh wait Nintendo is offering theirs for free right? I mean Microsoft and Sony aren't taking a hit on every console sold and in doing so one can argue that they're the ones footing the bill for offering the feature of dvd movie playback (it's costing them a whopping $3.50 per console, actually even less than that because Sony has Patents and Microsoft has a special agreement in place). I want to see the Nintendo fans that say "It's all about the games" come in here and bash Nintendo for their online non-game offerings, yeah I'm not holding my breath on that one.
Sorry but it borders on the idiotic to see people praising Nintendo's meager online offerings some of which has nothing to do with gaming and saying that they're very impressed. I have to ask where these people have been for say oh.. the last 15 years when this stuff became widely available on the Internet.
